Price tag



Jan. 12, 1932. I. ENSKO 1,840,707

P-RI'CE TAG Filed Feb. 23, 1929 ATTORNEY INVENTOR s R ROBERT ENSKO am/(Jaw Patented Jan. 12, 1932.

UNITED STATES ROBERT ENSKO, OF FREEPORT, NEW YORK 1 PRICE TAG Application filed February 23, 1929. Serial No. 342,051.

This invention relates to improvements in means for marking prices on merchandise such as cans of groceries and has for its object to facilitate the manufactureof, the distribution to, and the use by the retailer, of

the articles which constitute the invention.

The retail grocery man, for example, the chain store grocer when marking goods and especially canned'goods invariably pins price tags upon the shelf immediately in front of the articles to which the price refers. This of course requires considerable time and the customer is notalways certain to which articles the particular tag price refers, and when goods on the shelves get moved around the tags are constantly getting mixed up. .The tags moreover are generally supplied to the retailer in bunches of separate tags and these get mixed up and when a particular'price tag is desired it is sometimes quite a bit of trouble to find the right one.

My tag is provided with a slit of such curvature that it forms a tongue which can be so bent wth respect to the can of goods to which it is applied that the tag will beheld thereon without any trouble. Thus the price can be quickly, easily and positively associated in a permanentmanner with the goods to which it relates.

Further and more specific objects, features,

and advantages will more clearly appear from the detailed description given below taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which form part of the specification, which illustrate one embodiment of the invention, and in which, i

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a can of goods showing one thereto,

Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the can with the tag affixed and a portion broken away,

Fig. 3 is a partial rear elevation of the can showing the manner in which the slitted portion engages the bead on the can, 7 r Fig. 4 is an elevation ofthe tag showing of the price tags aflixed by Letters Patent, is:

the manner in which it is printed and slitted.

Each section or tag A is also provided with a slit 12 of such form and curvature that a dependent tongue 13 and an upstanding tongue 14 are formed which can be utilized-.50

as hereinafter described. Each tag is also provided with printed matter such as 15 relating to the price of the goods and the quality or character thereof. v

As shown in the figures the tag A is shown applied to a can 18. This can is invariabl provided with a bead 16 at the top thereo and this is of particular advantage to enable the slit and the tongues previously mentioned to be applied properly. The grocer. takes the selected tag and by bending the slit 12 he pushes the tongue 13 forward so that it will lie in front of the bead 16 on top of the can with its ends 17 gripping the head to hold the tag in place, while at the same time the upstanding tongue 14 will press against the under edge of the bead 16 on the outside of the can to further enhance the locking action and hold the tag firmlyon the can. And yet the tag can be quickly and. easily applied and removed. I 1 While I have described my improvement in detail and with respect to a preferred form thereof, I do not desire to'be limited to such details or form since many changes and modifications may be made and the invention embodied in other forms without departing from the spirit and scope of the-invention in its broader aspects. Hence I de sire to cover allmodifications and forms com-:: 'ing within the language or scope of the appended claim. 1 What I claim as new and desire to secure The combination with a container of a tag supported thereon; said container having a side. and an end wall joined by a beadextending beyond each wall and said tag having a slit extending across the same between its normally upper and lower ends and shaped to define substantially meeting tongues extending toward each other; one of said tongues overlapping the bead and extending from a slight distance beyond the edge of the bead to the end Wall of the container and the other tongue extending along the side of the container and having its end forced against the adjacent edge of the bead.

In testimony that I claim the invention above set forth, I aflix my signature hereto.

ROBERT ENSKO. 

